Hay-press



L. L. MOE.

HAY PRESS.

(No Model.)

Patented Dec. 3, 1889.

WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONIDAS L. MOE, or DENVER, COLORADO.

'HAY-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent mi. 416,416, dated December3, 1889.

Application filed April 3, 1889. seiiii a). 305,831. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEONIDAS L. MOE, of Denver, in the county ofArapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented a new and ImprovedHay-Press, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to presses of the class employed in the baling ofhay and cotton, the object of the invention being to provide for two ormore reciprocations of the follower for each revolution of the sweep;and to the end named the invention consists, essentially,'of a follower,a stem arranged in connection therewith, a cam carried by the stem, asweep, a head carried thereby, and

rolls or proj eotions carried by the sweep-head and arranged to bearagainst the stem-cam, all as will be hereinafter fully described, andspecifically pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a press embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is asectional view of the same, the view being taken on lineac w of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of a modified construction for returningthe stem, and'Fig. 4 is a similar View of another modified constructionfor returning the stem. In the drawings, 10 represents a follower,which, as usual, is mounted within a balingchamber 11. This follower isconnected to a stem 12, which carries a cam-faced head 13. Beyond thestem I mount a head 15, to which the sweep 16 is rigidly connected, thehead 15 being supported by a central shaft 14. In the construction shownin the drawings the head 15 is represented as being a simple disk; but Idesire it to be distinctly understood that any proper head could beemployed. The head 15 carries two or more anti-friction rolls 18, whichas the sweep is drawn forward are brought to bear against the cam-head13 of the stem 12, the arrangement being such that the stem and followerwill be forced forward in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 2,and in order that the stem maybe returned after any particular one ofthe antifriction rolls has passed from engagement with the cam I arrangea spring 20, as shown in Fig. 2. i

In the specific construct-ion illustrated in the drawings I haverepresented the head 15 as being provided with three anti-frictionrolls; but in practice I could employ any desired number of rolls, aswill be readily understood;

Although I prefer to employ a spring 20 for the purpose of returning thestem 12, still the Stem might be returned by such anattachment as thatshown in Fig. 3, wherein I have represented the cam-head13 as carrying'aframe 21, to which is secured a second cam 22, placed in opposition tothe cam-head 13, the parts being so timed that just after a roll haspassed from engagement with the -camhead 13 the cam 22 will be borneupon and the stem 12 will be moved outward.

In Fig. 4 I represent the stem 12 as being provided with a hook 24,which extends beneath the head 15, there to engage the antifrictionrolls 18, the hook being connected to the stem by a link 23, andarranged so that after an anti-friction roll has passed beyond thecam-head 13.the hook will be engaged thereby and the stem carriedoutward.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as newand desire to secureby Letters Patent In a baling-press, the combination, with a followerhaving a rigid stem provided with a cam-faced head, of a sweep-headprovided with projections for engaging the cam-faced head of thefollower-stem, a sweep secured to the head for rotating it, a framesecured to the follower-stem, and a cam secured to the said frame andengaging the projections of the head to retract the follower,substantially as described.

LEONIDAS L. MOE.

